English

epiparasite

From epi- + parasite.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Ancient Greek παράσιτος ‘person who eats at the table of another’

Latin parasitus ‘sponger, parasite, freeloader’

Middle French parasite

Today it means

noun A parasite that feeds on another parasite.

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Etymograph / epiparasite